name
Meaning 1
The extinct Algonquian language of these people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Piscataway
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Pronunciation
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/pɪsˈkætəweɪ/
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CMU ARPABET: P IH0 S K AE1 T AH0 W EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A township in New Jersey, United States; it is a suburb in the New York metropolitan area.
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noun
Meaning 3
A certain tribe of Native Americans inhabiting what is now Maryland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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History
Etymology
By naturalization into English from the Piscataway language.
From the name of the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire, whence came some founders of the New Jersey settlement.